Not quite what he said,
and at least certainly not what he meant
he said it didn't really matter as they were virtually all 2nd gear corners and necessitated no change as second was perfect. FWIW he also said at the end of the day his knee ached from the on/off nature of the drive but as this was his right knee the auto box would make no difference.
Funny how selective memory can be on both sides!
...and whilst the auto is very capable it is no substitute for a manual on track or when pushing hard on the col's we just did.
A manual in second will not stay with an Aero auto-changing between 1st and 3rd on the twisty roads we were on, no matter how much of a driving God you are Boshers mon ami mate.
I also recall last year getting really frustrated with the auto box on the autoroute as it needed a bit of a hefty kick to drop out of auto 6th (which seemed quite a bit higher than the manual 6th?). And whilst putting the box in sport negated this and gave an instant kick down, leaving it in sport meant it wouldn't go into top gear (6th) and so you then felt it wasn't really cruising comfortably.
The box is adaptive and remembers your driving 'style'. If you had manually changed into 6th in sport mode on the autoroute, it would have learnt that this is what you like and would have done the same. The message you gave it was that you liked to be in 5th in sport on the autoroute and hence, that is what it gave you.
And of course, blipping the throttle round town, that fabulous cacophony of side-pipes
Wouldn't want Blipper Boshly to be emasculated...
You can probably tell, manual any day for me! (until paddles and a proper automated manual box).
Looking forward to seeing you in that Virgin White Series IV Boshers, it could be an expensive conversion to bring it back to your ideal spec?!?
